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How AI Killed Tailwind's Business - And How To Avoid a Similar Fate
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In this video we explore how AI ate Tailwind's business and how you can make your business more robust to AI competition.
Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-01_ai-destroys-tailwind-business
CTA: Consider donating to Tailwind CSS to keep the library alive!
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - What is Tailwind?
02:05 - Tailwind's business is dying
02:40 - How did AI kill Tailwind's business?
04:20 - What does this mean for Tailwind?
05:20 - Businesses at risk and how to defend
Links:
- If AI can code, what will Software Engineers do? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0pxiC_WfT4
- How I Actually Code with AI as a Senior Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe64DwfiRBY
- Open Source Software is Unsustainable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD0qmNXUn9M
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